Cake: Durian butter cake

I plan to try another new durian recipe. Finally decide to make a durian butter cake, recipe by Wokkingmum. Thanks for her good sharing.

Ingredients:
250 gm butter
150 gm castor sugar
5 eggs
170-200g durian mash
240 gm flour + 2 tsp baking powder + pinch of salt (sifted)
2 tsbp milk

Method:

1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add in egg one by one and continue beating
3. Add in durian mash and mix until well combined
4. Add in flour and baking powder, mix until well combine
5. Heat oven to 200deg Celsius and line the cake tin.
6. Bake for about 40 minutes. Done!

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Cookies: Freestyle

Just back from Cameron on pass weekend. Initial plan to make a delicious cake with using strawberry. Unfortunate  the cake taste not good...

Sadly dun know how to settle the cake. Finally decide make it into cookies. The answer is "Yes". It is much more better with bake the cake into cookies and add some chocolate chips.

On the next day, I tried again with topping some Almond flakes, Pumpkin seed and little sesame seed. This one yummy~~~ Thumb up!!

My note:
Dun bake strawberry :P

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Traditional cake: "Chai kue"

 Traditional cake: "Chai kue"

This is one of my favorite traditional cake ...for this moment or may be just last for 3 months. My neighbor share with me her recipe and the method to prepare this "kuih" (cake). I though it is easy because the procedure looks simple and my neighbour recipe include a method call "quite a bit" (agak-agak).

Initial look like a simple recipe, my neighbor make 100 pcs "kuih" within 2-3 hours by herself. My project total use 4 person to finish this job (only 50 pcs "kuih"). Hahaha...really not a easy job. My husband help me to prepare the dough, my mother in law help to make the judgment - "agak-agak". Overall, the taste much more better than previous homemade one. But still have more thing need to improve/revise such as range of wafer, flour ratio, cooking time and others.

I like this experience and it is a good family gathering activity.

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Cup cakes: Banana Cake

Banana Cup Cake

Ingredients:
180g butter/ margarine
180g casto sugar
2 eggs
4 ripe bananas (~1 cup)
1/8 tsp banana essence, optional
3 tbsp milk, mixed with 1 tbsp lemon juice

A (sifted)
240 plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda

Decoration:
2 ripe bananas, sliced
1/2 lime

Method:
1.cream butter and castor sugar till light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
2. mix in mashed bananas, banana essence, sour milk and A till well-combined.
3. Pour into a greased and lined 25cm x 15cm/10"x6" loaf tin or paper cups.
4. Sqeeze lime juice over banana slices, arrange banana slices on top of the cake as decoration.
5. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180oC for about 20-25 minutes till cooked and golden brown.
6. Remove cake from the oven and leave to cool before serving.

Note:
a. 8" cake mould, use 20cm/ 180oC, 40-45 miutes
b. use fully ripe bananas to give it the rich banana flavour.

My note:
I should sift the baking powder and baking soda before use it inorder to have an equivalent dough.

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Cake: Chocolate moist

Chocolate moist

Ingredients:
a. Sugar 70g
    Butter 150g
b. Egg 2 nos
c. Flour 120g
   Coco powder 40g
   Soda bicarbonate 6g
d. Fresh milk 200ml

e. dark choholate bar 250g
    whipping cream 140g
    butter 20g

Method:
1. cream ingredients A until light and fluffy.
2. add in ingredients B slowly, cream until smooth and light.
3. add in ingredients c and d alternately, mix until well-blendded.
4. pour it into greased and lined 7" mould.
5. baked 180oC for 35 minutes.
6. cook E until boil and leave aside to cool at room temperature.
7. topping the E on the cakes.


My note:
This is first time try to make chocolate moist. This recipe is easy and tasty. Yummy~~
I cut the cake into cube form before topping the ganache. But my cake outlook a bit not nice. Should I buy a better cake knife? My daughter taste one and she like it so much. I plan for Sunday breakfast but somehow my husband and daughter finished it as supper. Luckily I did keep some into refrigerator... hehehe...

I tried this recipe again after couple of days. This time I change the coco powder brand, and additional add in some raisin, apricot and almond flakes. At the same time, baking time change from 35 minutes to 30 minutes. Thumbs up!! It is really fun with modified the recipe :p.

Next plan:
Next round will try sandwich the cakes with ganache.

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Cup cakes: Blueberry-jam cup cakes

Blue-berry-jam cup cakes

Recipe by Hslingkitcen

Ingredients:
a. Butter 100g
    Castor sugar 60g
b. egg 2 nos
c. lemon grind 1/2 tsp
d. plain flour 100g
    baling powder 1 tsp
e. blueberry jam 50g + lemon juice 1 tsp

Method:
1. cream butter and sugar until creamy and fluffy.
2. add in egg one by one and mix until well-combine.
3. add in lemon grind.
4. add in ingredient d and well-mix.
5. pour batter on cup mould and add in ingredient e on top of the batter.
6. bake at 160oC for 20 minutes.

My note:
I tried this recipe, taste good. However, I think is a bit oily.

Next plain:
Try reduce the butter to 80g. :)

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Cup cakes: Pineapple cup cake

Pineapple cup cake

Ingredients:
a. butter 100g
   castor sugar 120g
   plain yogurt 50g
b.egg yolk 3 nos egg 3 nos

c. milk 2 tbsp
d. orange grind 1 tsp
    apricot 2 ps
e. plain flour 210g
   double action baking powder 1 tsp

Method:
1. Cream butter, sugar and yogurt until light and fluffy.
2. Slowly add in egg one by one and mix until well-combine. Add in milk and well-mixed.
3. Add in ingredient d and mix until well-combine.
4. Add in ingredient e and slowly mix until well-combine.
5. Pour it into baking tray. Put fruits on top of the mixture- do not press in to the dough.
6. Preheated oven 180oC, 55 minutes.

My note:
The cup cake is a bit dry and sweet because I did a big mistake. I used egg yolk instead of egg. Hahaha...


Next plain:
Will try again on this recipe.

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Cake: Durian Cake

Durian Cake

Minor modified from cheddar cheese cake recipe

Ingredients:
a.1 160g milk
      80g durian paste
      30 g butter
a.2 125g cheddar cheese
b. 40g plain flour
    20g corn flour
c. 2 egg yolk
d. 3 egg white
    40g sugar
    1/8 tsp cream of tartar.

Method:
1. Double boiled ingredients a.1 until well cook and add in a.2 until melt completely.
2. Remove from heat and add in ingredients B until well-blended. Add in ingredients C until well-combined.
3. Whip ingredient D until stiff. Slowly add into above mixture (divide by 2-3 times).
4. Pour it into baking tray.
5. Bake at 160oC for 60 minutes, water bath.

Note: Remove it from the mold immediately after baked.

My note: 

As per plan, today will try to make durian cake. This recipe is simple, minor modification from cheddar cheese cake recipe. I add a bit more durian paste during double boil ingredients a.1. And I baked more than 60 minutes until cake surface turn into gold brown color. The output is more durian taste. But for those dislike durian, suggest not try this recipe. :P


Next plan: 
I still got some durian paste. Erm... what can I make for the next ??
30-Jun-10, I tried again this recipe. This time I made durian cup cakes without wafer bath, baking time with 160oC for 50 minutes. Cheer ....: )

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Cake: Fruit Pastry Cake

Fruit Pastry Cake
Recipe by Ohbin

Ingredients:
a. butter 100g
    castor sugar 150g
    plain yogurt 50g
b. egg 3 nos
c. lemon grind 1 tsp
d. plain flour 210g
    baking powder 1 tsp
e. fruits: peach, banana, cherry, apple, pineapple ...

Method:
1. Cream butter, sugar and yogurt until light and fluffy.
2. Slowly add in egg one by one and mix until well-combine. Add in lemon grind.
3. Add in ingredient d and slowly mix until well-combine.
4. Pour it into baking tray. Put fruits on top of the mixture- do not press in to the dough.
5. Preheated oven 180oC, 60-80 minutes.
6. Let it cool by ~ 15 minutes and sifted some icing sugar on top of the cake.

My note:
1. Tried this recipe and the cake taste delicious but the texture a bit hard. My batter didn't raise as much as I expected, potential due to my new baking powder or minor mistake while preparing the batter. Highly recommended for new learner like me.
2. The next morning, I tried this recipe again. This mean I tried a same recipe twice within 24 hours. I bake it at ~ 60 minutes instead of 65 minutes. Replace the lemon grind with 1tbsp orange grind as I just finish my lemon yesterday. The batter raised moderately and the texture not too hard or too soft. Thumb up! 

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Cup cakes: Sesame butter muffin

Sesame butter muffin

Recipe by Chingkitchen.

Ingredients:
a. Butter 100g
    Icing sugar 40g
    Egg yolk 2 nos
    Milk 2 tbsp
b. Plain flour 80g
    Baking powder 1/2 tsp
    Milk powder 20g
    Almond powder 20g
c. Black sesame 1 tbsp
    White sesame 1 tbsp

Method:
1. Cream butter and icing sugar until light and smooth. Add in egg yolk one by one until well-blended. Add in milk until well-combined.
2. Add in ingredients B, mix until well-combined.
3. Add in ingredient C, mix until well-combined.

4. Deposit the mixture onto the baked shells.
5. Bake at 160oC for 30 minutes.

My note:
I tried this recipe ~ 4 times within one week, like it so much.The taste is nice and the texture is soft. However, the cake will a bit oily after some time.
 
Next plan: 
1. Try modify the recipe by reduce the butter to 80g. 

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Cake: Cheddar Cheese Cake

Cheddar cheese cake

Ingredients:
a. 130g milk
    40g butter
    50g cream cheese
    75g cheddar cheese
b. 20g plain flour
    15g corn flour
c. 2 egg yolk
d. 3 egg white
    80g sugar
    1/4 tsp cream of tartar.

Method:
1. Double boiled ingredients A until melt completely.
2. Remove from heat and add in ingredients B until well-blended. Add in ingredients C until well-combined.
3. Whip ingredient D until stiff. Slowly add into above mixture (divide by 2-3 times).
4. Pour it into baking tray.
5. Bake at 150oC for 50 minutes, water bath.

Note: Remove it from the mold immediately after baked.

My note:
I like this cake, it is very soft.

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Tart: Cheese tart

Cheese tart
Recipe by Alex Goh


Prepare a ready-made pastry and press onto the tart mould.

Ingredients:
a. 250g cream cheese
    60g sugar
b. 1 nos egg
c. 50g whipping cream
d. 1tbsp milk
    15g melted chocolate

Method:
1. Cream ingredients A until light and smooth. Add in ingredients B, cream until well-blended.
2. Add in ingredients C, mix until well-combined.
3. Take out 60g of the cream cheese mixture, mix with ingredients D until well-blended.
4. Deposit the cheese fillings onto the baked pastry shells. Place some chocolate cheese fillings on it.
5. Bake at 200oC for 10-20 minutes.

My note:
The cheese filling taste okay. I need to have a better recipe on the pastry.

Next plan:
Seek a good recipe on pastry.

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Cake: Brownish Cake

My note: 
I bought this brownish premix from a bakery. Initially plan to make this cake for my friend birthday. However, I  found this recipe is not tasty after I tried it out. Finally I change my mind to buy a cake instead of homemade... ha ha ha.

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Cup cakes:: Banana Almond Cup Cakes

Banana Almond Cup Cakes
Recipe by Alex Goh

Ingredients:
(a) 2 eggs
     250g sugar (may reduce if too sweet)
(b) 250g banana
      1/8 tsp salt
(c) 90g milk
(d) 250g plain flour
      2 tsp baking powder
     1/2 tsp baking soda
(e) 150g corn oil
(f) 100g sultanas
(g) 80g chopped walnuts ( I use Almond)

Method:
1. Whip ingredients A until light and fluffy. Mash ingredients B, add it into ingredients A and whip until thick.
2. Add in ingredients C, mix until well-blended. Add in ingredients D, mix until well-combined.
3. Add in ingredients E, mix until well incorporated. Add in ingredients F, mix until well-blended.
4. Pour it into cupcake mould and sprinkle some almond flakes on top.
5. Preheated oven 180oC 25-30 minutes.

My note:  
Taste good.

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Cake : Bake Yogurt Cheese Cake

Bake Yogurt Cheese Cake
 
Base:
Digestive biscuit 2/3 pack
Butter 125 g

Ingredients:
Cream cheese 250g
Sugar 40-50 g
2 eggs
2 cup of plain yogurt

Method:
1. Mix melted butter with crushed biscuit
2. Compact the mixed ingredients on baking tray then fridge it.
3. Beat cream cheese and sugar until creamy.
4. Add in eggs, mix until well-blended. Add in plain yogurt, mix until well-combine.
5. Pour the mixture on the baking tray.
6. Baking at 180oC for 30 minutes, water bath.

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Cake: Japanese Cotton Cheese Cake 2

Japanese Cotton Cheese Cake
Yummy ~~

Ingredients:
(a) 200g cream cheese
     130g milk
     50g butter
(b) 15g corn starch
     25g plain flour
(c) 4 nos egg yolk
(d) 4 nos egg white
     1/2 tsp cream of tartar
     85g sugar
    
Method:
(1) Double boil ingredient (a) until well mix.
(2) Fold in ingredient (b)
(3) add in egg yolk slowly and stir until well mix.
(4) Whisk egg white + cream of tartar until foamy. Add in sugar slowly and whisk until stiff peak form.
(5) Slowly fold in (4), divide by 2-3 times, into the cream cheese mixture.
(6) Preheated oven 160oC, 45 minutes (water bath).

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Cake: Japanese Cotton Cheese Cake

Japanese Cotton Cheese Cake
Yummy ~~

Ingredients:
(a) 200g cream cheese
     100g milk
     30g butter
(b) 20g corn starch
      50g plain flour
(c) 4 nos egg yolk
(d) 4 nos egg white
     1/8 tsp cream of tartar
     85g sugar
     pinch of salt


Method:
(1) Double boil ingredient (a) until well mix.
(2) Fold in ingredient (b)
(3) add in egg yolk slowly and stir until well mix.
(4) Whisk egg white + cream of tartar until foamy. Add in sugar slowly and whisk until stiff peak form.
(5) Slowly fold in (4), divide by 2-3 times, into the cream cheese mixture.
(6) Preheated oven 160oC, 45 minutes (water bath).

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Cup cakes:: Banana cup cakes

 Banana cup cakes

This is one of the banana cup cakes I tried. I like this recipe because it use a lot of banana. Brown sugar make the banana cup cakes more tasty.

Ingredients:

(a) 50g butter

     40g Brown sugar

(b) 1 nos egg

(c) 60g shifted plain flour

     1/2 tsp soda powder

     1/4 baking powder

(d) 200g banana

Method:

(1) Beat (a) until the mixture turns light and fluffy.

(2) Add in (b) until well mix.

(3) Fold in ingredient (c)

(4) Add in (d) and well mix.

(5) Put into cupcake mould, 80% cup level.

(6) Preheated oven 180oC, 20-25 minutes.

  

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Cookies: Cornflake cookies

Cornflake cookies
Recipe by Amy Beh

Ingredients:
(a) 100g butter
     110 castor sugar (I try 60g)

(b) 1 egg yolk
     1/2 tsp vanilla essence (optional)
(c) 1/2 tsp grated rind of orange
(d) 125g self-raising flour
     1 tbsp corn flour
(e) 100g cornflakes, crushed lightly

Method:
1. Cream (a) until mixture turns light and fluffy.
2. Beat in egg yolk (b) and add in (c).
3. Fold in (d) and mix.
4. Final add in (e).
5. Shape mixture and place on lightly-greased baking trays.
6. Preheated oven 170oC, 20-25 minutes.

My note:
I tried n-times on this recipe. Cornflake cookies is very delicious. Highly recommended.

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